"Sir, you have a visitor."
"Let them in."
As the doors opened, a tall, slender man, one whom most would consider to look like a scholar, walked into the office. They shook hands. "Good evening, Mr. Johnson." The man said, "Thank you for having me here."
"We've been friends since our time in service, so you should drop the formality. Although it has been a long time since we last met."
"Alright then, Sahir. You still look good. Have you even aged?"
Sahir laughs, "Unlike you, I do age. I'm already sixty. We've known each other for over forty years, and even now you still look the same as when we first met. Even with money, I still can't look young like you, to be honest it makes me a bit envious of you."
"Please, you still look good. Maybe not as good as before, but still better than most your age. I guarantee you have mistresses all over this building."
"You flatter me, but I still wonder what you came here for. I did what you wanted me to do so many times now."
"Oh, still sharp as ever I see. I do thank you for letting me own FEET. But I still can't find my children and it's been seventeen years. Care to explain?"
"It's not like their identities have changed; it's like they just disappeared. We're trying to find them, but you could always make more."
The man snarled, "No I can't. My other son can't compare with the other two."
"Why is that?"
"Because one of them is supposed to be our next ruler"
…
"Mr. Hyung, please answer question forty on page fifty-six…Mr. Hyung?"
Dr. Ritzgerald pulled out air horn from his bag and used it next to Aaron's ear, waking him up immediately.
"Good morning, Mr. Hyung. I hope you have had a satisfactory nap. But now that you're awake, could you answer question forty on page fifty-six."
As the class ended for the day, Dr. Ritzgerald called Aaron to his desk. Aaron's untamed shaggy hair almost covered his eyes, his uniform wrinkled from his nap, his stature sloppy but confident.
"So, Mr. Hyung, are you feeling alright? Are you having problems at home?"
"Yeah, it's just juggling with work and school."
"I see. You know you're a brilliant student and I know it's hard for you with my class and your work. If you have something bothering you, you can come talk to me."
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks."
Aaron left the class and started to walk in the hallway. But it felt too empty, Aaron knew that very feeling from all the horror movies he'd been watching. He looked back and it seemed like the hallway stretched for miles; the front looked the same beside the janitor standing. The janitor was staring at Aaron with a blank stare. Then the janitor began to smile, not a warm smile but a crooked and sinister smile.
"You must be the next king…I can feel it…"
The janitor's voice sounded like radio static. His smile widened as he walked closer to Aaron. The walking turned into sprinting, as Aaron started to run away. As Aaron was running away in the hallway, the hallway started to feel endless since he kept running with no exit in view and the former "janitor" was chasing him. The janitor jumped at Aaron causing Aaron to kick him away, sending the janitor flying into a door.
The room that the janitor was kicked into was now within Aarons view and it was filled with the mangled corpses of students and teachers; the janitor's face peeled off a little as he let out a terrifying cry. The janitor peeled off his skin as he wailed, his tears turning into blood. Aaron wanted to run away but fear took hold of him, freezing him in place.
The janitor, now skin peeled off, revealed his true body. His eyes drooped down to his cheeks, mouth twisted into a smile, blood covering its whitish gray mangled body, rib cage exposed and inverted. Its limbs were now double the size of Aaron's own limbs. As the abomination stood, Aaron could make the rough guess of it standing at 241 cm, even though it was slouching, it was still far taller than Aaron's 180 cm stature.
"My king…why must you run…please remember me…why can't you remember…"
The abomination's voice was raspy and still sounded like radio static as it continued to walk towards the fear-stricken Aaron, it extended its long hand to him. Getting closer, the abomination abnormally widened its mouth.